The bill was championed by Cassie Levesque, who was a senior in high school in 2017 when she began her push to raise the marriage age as part of a Girl Scouts project. Now 19, she won a seat in the House representing Barrington and plans to push to increase the marriage age to 18.

Even 18 is young. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the average age of first marriage for women in 2017 was 27.4 years. For men, it's slightly older at 29.5 years.

Either way, 13 is ridiculous and must have been some leftover law from back in the pilgrim days or something. So hang on, NH girls and boys!